Turkey’s tight presidential election is heading for a run-off, as neither incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Kemal Kilicdaroglu hit 50% of the vote.
Strongman Erdogan, 69, has been the President of Turkey for the last nine years - and has steadily given himself more power and cracked down on freedom of expression . He first won in 2014 as leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), with a healthy lead of more than 13% over his closest opponent, and in 2018 maintained a similar lead of around 12%.
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